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Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.